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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida [book, audiobook]

 The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida [book, audiobook] EVERYONE SAID THIS BOOK WAS REALLY GOOD, AND THEN I READ IT, AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD AND THAT ISN'T HOW THAT USUALLY WORKS. I REALLY LIKE HOW IT WAS A PREMISE THAT HAS BEEN DONE A BILLION TIMES: THE AFTERLIFE AS DMV TYPE BUREAUCRACY (BEETLEJUICE, SOUL, RIPD, GOOD PLACE, ETC) BUT FROM A NON-WESTERN, NON-CHRISTIAN WORDVIEW. WHERE IT'S BASICALLY EXACTLY THE SAME, BUT JUST VERY SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN OTHER VERSIONS. I GUESS I'M BEING VAUGE BECAUSE I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WILL READ THIS UNLIKE THE OBSCURE BOOKS I READ THAT NO ONE ELSE WILL EVER READ. I DO THINK ENDING WAS GOOD, BUT THE VERY VERY END BOOK FELT LIKE A FORCED "MAKE THIS DEEP AND SPIRITUAL" IN A WAY THAT DID NOT FIT AT ALL.  PS.  MY FAVORITE PART OF THE BOOK WAS FEELING VERY CULTURED AND COSMOPOLITAN FOR KNOWING HOW MUCH A LAKH IS (AND WHAT BETEL IS) 
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie [movie]

 The Super Mario Bros. Movie [movie] YEAH, THIS WAS PRETTY GOOD. IT FELT REALLY TONALLY WEIRD THOUGH, IT HAD SO MANY SUPER SUPER SPECIFIC REFERENCES LIKE SOMEONE THAT MADE IT REALLY LIKED MARIO STUFF THEN IT ALSO HAD SO MANY 'ISN'T THIS STUPID" DREAMWORK TYPE JOKES. IT ALSO FELT LIKE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENED. IT WAS A GOOD MARIO MOVIE THOUGH I THINK.  PS.  PEOPLE JOKED THIS IS AN ISAKAI BECAUSE EVERYONE SAYS THAT ABOUT ANYTHING THAT TECHNICALLY IS, BUT THIS REALLY VERY IS
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 [movie]

 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 [movie] THIS WAS PRETTY GOOD AND I LIKED IT. IT DID KINDA FEEL OVER STUFFED, LIKE IT WAS THE ROCKET MOVIE SO EVERYONE ELSE JUST GOT B PLOTS. BUT THERE IS LIKE TEN TRILLION CHARACTORS SO EVERYONE WAS JUST B PLOT AND MOSTLY THAT PLOT WAS EVERYONE JUST BEING MEAN TO EACHOTHER EVEN IF THEY HAD NOT BEFORE. ALSO EVEN PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T EVEN IN ANY OTHER MOVIES GOT WEIRD B PLOTS. LIKE ADAM WARLOCK AND COSMO. IT WAS KINDA ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF THE MOVIE BUT WASN'T COSMO WAS ONSCREEN LIKE 4 SECONDS IN A PREVIOUS MOVIE, WHY DID THEY NEED A B PLOT? PS. ACTUALLY I HATE THIS MOVIE BECAUSE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WE3 MOVIE FOR LIKE 20 YEARS AND NOW THERE IS ZERO CHANCE ANYONE CAN MAKE A WE3 MOVIE EVER. IT'S TOO THE SAME. THE FLOOR ESPECIALLY SEEMED LIKE A DIRECT COPY. MAN. PPS. NO, WAIT, HOLY FUCK, I LOOKED IT UP, WHEN I SAID 'THEY" WERE GOING TO MAKE A WE3 MOVIE IT WAS JAMES GUNN SPECIFICALLY THAT WANTED TO. DID HE MAKE THIS AS WEIRD ALTERNAT
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A Kind of Spark [book]

A Kind of Spark [book] THIS BOOK IS REALLY SHOCKINGLY WELL DONE. IT'S A BOOK ABOUT AN 11 YEAR OLD AUTISTIC SCOTTISH GIRL AND THE WHOLE BOOK IS MORE OR LESS JUST EVERYONE BEING SO SHITTY TO HER NONSTOP, IT DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB ABOUT IT.  IT'S SO AUTHENTIC ABOUT THE SORT OF AWFUL REAL PEOPLE WOULD BE, INSTEAD OF JUST BEING CARTOON BULLYS. LIKE I'M USING IT AS A "BOOK ABOUT A TEACHER" BECAUSE SUCH A MAJOR POINT IS HOW EXTREMELY EXTREMELY HORRIBLE AND UNFAIR THE TEACHER IS, AND IT'S LIKE, SPOT ON EXACTLY A REAL SEEMING TEACHER NO ONE WOULD EVER THINK TWICE OF AS A VILLAIN AND IT JUST DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB SHOWING HOW HORRIBLE THEY ARE. IT'S SUCH A WILDLY SYMPATHETIC BOOK TO THE CHARACTER. PS. I DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW HOW INTENTIONAL IT EVEN WAS, BUT THE CHARACTER HAS AN AUTISTIC OLDER SISTER AND FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE BOOK THE CHARACTER'S FUNCTION IS THE YOUNGER SISTER DOES SOMETHING, THE THE OLDER SISTER DOES SOME AUTISIM EXPLAINER THING WHERE THE
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The Power [book, audiobook]

 The Power [book, audiobook] STARTING TO READ THIS BOOK IT FELT PAINFULLY RIPPED OFF TRYING TO BE MARGARET ATWOOD THEN IT TURNED OUT THE AUTHOR JUST ACTUALLY WORKED WITH MARGARET ATWOOD TO WRITE IT THEN ALSO IT'S SO EXTREMELY GOOD THAT IT TOTALLY EARNS BEING A MORE DIFFERENT REVERSE HANDMAIDENS TALE. LIKE IT JUST STEALS AND FLIPS A SPECIFIC ELEMENT SO WHOLESALE BUT IT DOES IT SO WELL THAT IT TOTALLY EARNS IT. THE WHOLE BOOK IS REALLY WELL DOWN. HONESTLY THAT FEELS LIKE WHAT MAKES IT SO GOOD, IT'S A BOOK THAT JUMPS AROUND TO DIFFERENT THINGS AS THE WORLD CHANGES AND YOU CAN JUST FEEL HOW SMART THE AUTHOR IS, WHERE EVERY TIME THEY WRITE IN THE VOICE OF A MEN'S RIGHT MESSAGE BOARD, OR A THEOLOGICAL LEADER OR A FAKE EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CLAIM YOU CAN JUST FEEL 'GOD, THEY DID SUCH A GOOD JOB MAKING THIS UP FOR THIS STORY". IT'S A REALLY REALLY WELL WRITTEN BOOK.  PS. IT FEELS A LITTLE CONSTRAINED THAT THE BULK OF THE BOOK TAKES PLACE OVER TEN OR SO YEARS. THERE IS S
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Jurassic World: Dominion [movie]

Jurassic World: Dominion [movie] THIS MOVIE SUCKS. IT FEELS LIKE IT SETS UP FOR AN ACTUAL INTERESTING MOVIE WITH SOME SORT OF INDEPENDENCE DAY STYLE DISASTER MOVIE WITH SOME GLOBAL VIEW OF VARIOUS DINO DISASTERS BUT THEN THEY ALL JUST GO TO APPLE JURASSIC PARK AND HAVE A WEIRD AMOUNT OF KNIFE FIGHTS  PS. JURASSIC WORLD? NOT A FAN
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves [movie]

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves [movie] YEAH, THIS WAS DECENT. I KINDA FEEL LIKE SOME PEOPLE HYPED IT UP AS AMAZING BECAUSE IT WAS NOT BAD THE WAY WE ALL EXPECTED IT TO BE TERRIBLE, BUT IT WAS REASONABLY GOOD ENOUGH. I FEEL LIKE IT WAS A MOVIE THAT WAS LIGHTHEARTED BUT DIDN'T HAVE EVERYONE SAY "UMM, THAT JUST HAPPENED" MARVEL STYLE. IT DID KIND OF FEEL LIKE EVERYONE HAD CHARACTER TRAITS THAT THE MOVIE FORGOT ABOUT FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, LIKE HELGA BEING EXTREMELY DAX STYLE STUPID BUT ONLY SOMETIMES OR THE DRUID BEING DISCOUNT AUDRY PLAZA BUT ONLY SOMETIMES BUT I GUESS THAT IS ACCURATE D&D ALSO.  PS. THIS HAD SOME REGULAR OLD CGI, THE FAT DRAGON OR THE DISPLACER BEAST LOOKED FINE. BUT I WAS LOSING MY MIND ANY TIME THEY SHOWED THE HUMANOIDS WITH PRACTICAL COSTUMES, IT WAS SO FRIGGIN 90S DESIGNS. EVERY NONHUMAN WAS SO "GUY THAT WOULD BE ON FARSCAPE". HONESTLY THE WHOLE THING FEELS LIKE A HIGHER BUDGET 1990S FANTASY TV SHOW TYPE THING. LIKE IF XEN
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